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On Patriotism
2007-12-14 15:30:00 I am a proud Englishman. Or, at least, I used to be. Today, I?m just a proud human being. In my late teens and early twenties I was passionately patriotic, with a huge St George?s Cross flag hanging menacingly from my bedroom wall, and England cups, towels and key rings never far ... More About: Humanism , Patriotism
Site Announcement
2007-12-14 00:41:00 Tomorrow I will post an article which will be my submission for Sunday’s Humanist Symposium, which on this occasion is being hosted by my good friend Evanescent. I apologize for my silence in recent weeks, but I can make no promise that this will mark a return to regular posting. My passion and ... More About: Announcement , Site , Admin , Anno
IIDB
2007-11-05 20:25:00 If you are unaware of the current situation at the Internet Infidels Discussion Board, Ebonmuse can fill you in. Until the wrongs are put right, I am removing Internet Infidels and IIDB from my links. On another note, I apologise for my continued negligence of my blogging duties. I do at least have some ... More About: Admin
god is not Great: (not) A Book Review
2007-10-28 02:49:00 Regular readers may remember me expressing an intention to write a review of god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens . With my apologies, I must now tell you that I have decided not to write that review for two distinct, but connected, reasons. Firstly, I have allowed too much time to pass since finishing the ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book
Open Thread: Do Militant Atheists Want to Wipe Out Religion?
2007-10-25 19:16:00 On my recent article Tugging at Loose Thread s, Evanescent and Storbakken resumed a debate they had suspended on another blog. It was completely off topic, so I?m starting an open thread for them, and anyone else, to continue it. Evanescent?s last comment was: Storbakken said: It is not my intent to go round ... More About: Religion , Open , Wipe , Atheists
The Empty Vase
2007-10-23 00:14:00 Religion has nothing worthwhile to say on anything. Evanescent Theology is the art of knowing the unknowable. It is an immensely vast and complicated area of study requiring much careful research and dedicated learning to master. Many great minds devote their lives to the subject, gaining qualifications and passing on their wisdom to new students. ... More About: Empty
Tugging at Loose Threads
2007-10-18 20:47:00 I?ve always found it helpful to think of a belief system a bit like an item of clothing, like a woolly jumper. If you find a loose thread, you should pull at it. If the jumper is well made and sturdy, the thread will just break off and the clothing will survive with ... More About: Atheism , Christianity , Bible
An Example of Cold Reading
2007-10-15 19:50:00 I?ve been planning for ages to dig out this video clip and post it. It?s an excerpt from the film Young Sherlock Holmes, in which an adolescent Watson is given a quick lesson in ?simple deduction?. Although they don?t use the term, it is a form of cold reading, and although this is ... More About: Reading , Cold , Xamp
Carnival Alert
2007-10-14 14:18:00 The 9th Humanist Symposium is now up at Greta Christina’s Blog. The 77th Carnival of the Godless is available at The Skeptical Alchemist. Enjoy your Sunday reading! More About: Atheism , Humanism , Alert
Another Dawkins Review - the Mind Boggles
2007-10-11 21:44:00 Google News Alerts brought to my attention this article by Kyle Lee in the Chicago Maroon, entitled Dawkins ?s militant atheism delusional, in which he discusses some of his grievances with Dawkins and, in particular, his book The God Delusion. Unfortunately, Lee forgot to do one teeny, tiny thing that could have helped him out ... More About: Atheism , Review , Mind , Richard Dawkins
Crossing Over With Tobe
2007-10-06 13:39:00 Many people hold the view that if God exists, then he is supernatural and, therefore, beyond the realm of science ? which can only study the natural - to discuss. The same could be said of anything supernatural, from ghosts to telepathy; if science can study it then it is no longer supernatural. ... More About: Science , Supernatural , Paranormal , Crossing
The Exterminator Got Me Again (Evolution Meme)
2007-10-03 19:29:00 The Exterminator tagged me (again). The idea is that you pick five posts from your archives that show how your blog has evolved, and explain why. Then you tag five more bloggers to do the same thing. When Ex tagged me he apologised, but the truth is that I?m very grateful; for one thing, ... More About: Humor , Meme , Humour , Evolution , Term
Carnival of the Godless #76
2007-09-30 02:54:00 Welcome to A Load of Bright and Carnival of the Godless 76. I am your host and humble author Tobe38, and I hope that you have arrived here well. Let me tell you, there?s nothing that annoys me more than a carnival host who, instead of just introducing the articles like he should, ... More About: Atheism , The Go , The G
Last Call for Carnival of the Godless
2007-09-27 21:22:00 Please remember that submissions for this Sunday’s Carnival of the Godless have to be in no later than tomorrow. You can email me directly or use the submission form. More About: Call , The Go , The G
The Atheist Blogroll
2007-09-24 22:21:00 I?m following on from a good idea started by Migrations, which has been carried on by Why Don?t You Blog among others, I?m posting the entire Atheist Blogroll (Mojoey?s highly successful project). I agree with them that this is a good way to increase everyone?s Technorati and search engine authority. 1 2 3 Religious Comics 2 ... More About: Theist
Carnival Alert
2007-09-23 15:28:00 The 8th Humanist Symposium is now up at Elliptica, and Lynet has done a really great job. One of my early posts, An Atheist’s Sonnett is included. Remember that I’m hosting the Carnival of the Godless a week from today, so please keep your submissions coming in. You can email me directly, or use ... More About: Atheism , Humanism , Alert
The Absence of Evidence
2007-09-20 19:34:00 Quite a few times, recently, I have heard Christians cite the time-worn words ?absence of evidence is not evidence of absence?. It?s a catchy sound bite and a highly successful meme, but it is utterly false. Absence of evidence most certainly is evidence of absence. Before I explain why, I think it?s important to ... More About: Science , Religion , Evidence
Carnival Alert
2007-09-16 19:05:00 The 75th Carnival of the Godless is now up at Ain’t Christian? The next edition of Carnival of the Godless will be on 30th September right here at A Load of Bright, so please spread the word. You can email submissions directly to me or use the Blog Carnival Submission Form. More About: Atheism , Alert
Nonbelieving Literati, Lack of Writing, Nullifidian and Planet Humanism
2007-09-15 11:48:00 I haven?t finished my homework, and I don?t even have a dog. I am thoroughly enjoying Julian, but a few things have come up in my personal life which have prevented me from finishing it in time. I have sent my apologies to the Exterminator (who posted his article on Julian today) personally, ... More About: Writing , Planet , Humanism , Anet , Lack
Must-Read Posts and another Milestone
2007-09-12 07:34:00 Well folks, it’s six months today since A Load of Bright first graced the internet. As I promised, I’ve added the Must-Read Posts section to the sidebar to mark the occasion. At present, they’ve all been voted for by readers, but I may add one or two of my own at some point. (I’m ... More About: Admin , Milestone , Tone
The Nonbelieving Literati Looms Large
2007-09-07 06:46:00 The Exterminator at No More Hornets came up with a great idea called The Nonbelieving Literati. I happily signed up, but, as was my tradition throughout my formal education, I am running extremely late with my homework! My copy of Julian arrived the other day and damn! It?s much longer than I ... More About: Large
In Memory of Steve Irwin
2007-09-04 19:03:00 It is one year today since the tragic, premature passing of Steve Irwin . He was ?fatally pierced in the chest with a sting ray barb?. I remember hearing the news on the radio on my way to work that morning. While I would never have called myself a fan, I did admire ... More About: Steve Irwin , Memory , In Memory
Carnival Alert
2007-09-03 22:53:00 The 74th Carnival of the Godless is now up at Atheist FAQ. The 7th Humanist Symposium is also available, at Bligbi. Both include my article Holy Smoke. More About: Atheism , Humanism , Alert
On Gay Marriage
2007-09-01 17:03:00 I had been planning to post an article on gay marriage some time soon (I?ve also been planning to write an article on procrastination, but I keep putting it off), but I?m glad to say that Ebonmuse has beaten me to it at Daylight Atheism. He?s done a far more thorough and clinical job ... More About: Marriage , Ethics , Gay Marriage , Sexuality
Holy Smoke
2007-08-29 21:26:00 I tried my first cigarette when I was 13, on the back of the school bus. By the time I was 15, I was smoking regularly. I stopped for a year or so when I was 17, but when I started my first full time job at 18, I began to smoke heavily. ... More About: Atheism , Religion , Smoke , Richard Dawkins , Holy
Let?s Just Agree to Disagree
2007-08-25 21:54:00 Often in a discussion, whether in person or online, the person I am talking to will declare, ?let?s just agree to disagree?. Sometimes I accept this and let the debate end there, and sometimes I get a bit annoyed and try to press my point. When I do the latter, I am told ... More About: Christianity
Must-Read Posts
2007-08-23 19:21:00 In a few weeks time I will be celebrating (as, I?m sure, will you) six months of writing A Load of Bright. As I now have a respectably large reader base (including some people who are not even related to me) and a reasonably substantial archive, I have decided to mark the occasion by ... More About: Read , Admin , Posts
Carnival Alert
2007-08-20 20:46:00 The 73rd Carnival of the Godless is now up at In Defence of Reason, and includes my article The More the Merrier. More About: Atheism , Alert
To all Creationists: The Tobe Challenge
2007-08-17 01:17:00 On several occasions recently, when debating with creationists, I have extended a challenge which is yet to be met. I would now like to circulate it as widely as possible, for reasons that I will explain later. (A quick aside: this challenge, which is creatively [as it were] named after the author, also applies to ... More About: Evolution , Creationism , Challenge , Creationists , Halle
The More the Merrier
More articles from this author:2007-08-14 19:13:00 Journalist Christopher Hitchens? new book god is not Great (which I will soon be reviewing) is the latest in a series of high profile atheistic publications we have seen in the last few years, joining Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Sam Harris (The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation) and Daniel Dennett (Breaking ... More About: Atheism 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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